chaminade first two day results and schedule day three

The Chaminade Christmas Classic is a 16 team tournament being hosted by West Hills Chaminade and it features some excellent teams from in and around the Valley region, as well as a couple of teams from out of town, like Riordan of San Francisco, and Faith Academy from the Phillipines, which features a lot of American kids, the children of missionaries, living in the Phillipines who are having a great time here in SoCal. We only briefly checked out the first day's action on Monday before heading down to Long Beach for the first day of the Best in the West, but what we saw was a well-run tournament with some of the areas better teams.

The top four seeds in the tournament are Moorpark and Riordan (in the upper half of the bracket), and Campbell Hall and Chaminade in the lower half of the bracket. Thus far, three of them have won, with only Campbell Hall getting knocked off by Pleasant Grove from Provo Utah. Today's quarterfinals will feature Moorpark against Riordan at 6:30 p.m. and Chaminade v. Pleasant Grove at 8:00 p.m.. If you can't make it out to the Best in the West, aren't down in San Diego, or up in Santa Barbara/Santa Maria like we are (or at any one of the other countless tournaments going on right now) you'll want to get over to Chaminade for this one.

Here are the first three days' results (the ones we have), and today's schedule as best as we can ascertain it. Quarterfinal action in both the Championship and Consolation brackets will take place today, and the Championship game is set for tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m.

9:30 a.m.	Kennedy v. El Camino Real--13th place bracket
11:00 a.m.	Van Nuys v. Loser of Grant v. Lancaster--13th place bracket
12:30 p.m	Faith Academy v. Quartz Hill--5th place bracket
2:00 p.m.	Campbell Hall v. Canyon--7th place bracket
3:30 p.m.	Brentwood v. Monroe--Consolation quarterfinal
5:00 p.m.	Calabasas v Winner Grant v. Lancaster--Consolation quarterfinal
6:30 p.m.	Moorpark v. Riordan--Championship quarterfinal
8:00 p.m.	Pleasant Grove v. Chaminade--Championship quarterfinal

Game 1: Moorpark 82, Kennedy 58 --Todd Tomlinson made five three-point baskets and finished with 35 points for Moorpark (9-1). Ron Russ had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Jeff Illions had nine points and 11 rebounds for the Musketeers. Dax Grooms had 24 points and 11 rebounds for Kennedy (5-7).

Game 2: Faith Academy 78, Brentwood 73-- Brentwood squandered the lead and the game at the end with poor shot selection as Faith Academy came from behind in an overtime win.

Game 3: Quartz Hill 66, El Camino Real 54--Michael Williams scored 17 points, Grant Drake added 14 and Kevin Johnson 12 for Quartz Hill. Justin Saad-Anthony had 22 points for El Camino Real.

Game 4: Campbell Hall 91, Van Nuys 33--Jesse Foster had 31 points and 10 rebounds for Campbell Hall (10-3). Robert Locke added 15 points and Hassan Bassiri scored 14 for the Vikings. Havik Kasmanian had 12 points for Van Nuys.

Game 5: San Francisco Riordan 54, Monroe 52--Robert Palafox scored 19 points and gave Monroe a 52-51 lead on a basket with a minute to play, but the Vikings (6-5) couldn't stop Marquise Kately in the final seconds. Kately made a layup with 15 seconds left, then blocked a Palafax shot and made a free throw for Riordan (7-3).

Game 6: Pleasant Grove (Provo, Utah) 74, Calabasas 51-- Calabasas continues winless at 0-11 on the season after dropping this first round game to visiting Provo. Provo was led by Eric Bond with 10 and Kyle Anderson with 11. Dan Hinckley had 5, Cameron Patch 5, Dan Larson 9. For Calabasas, Kevin Quisenberry had 14, and Justin Fenchel had 12.

Game 8: Chaminade 69, Grant 59-- Grant (8-2) was in the game after one quarter, trailing 14-11, but never got any closer as Chaminade just shot the lights out. Tito Hill started the second quarter with two threes, and Ryan Arceo followed with two more threes for a 12-0 run which put Chaminade ahead 26-10; the Eagles led 34-20 at the half, and Chaminade (5-4) then got a big boost from Scott Borchart who scored 14 of his game-high 18 points in the second half. Arceo finished with 17 points, hitting four threes. Hill had 13 points, including three three-pointers. Overall, the Eagles made 23 of 39 shots. Ryan Logan had 12 points, all in the fourth quarter.

Game 9: Brentwood 61, Kennedy 51-- Brentwood was led by Lathem with 13, and Kussman with 13 as well. Kennedy was led by Dax Grooms with 12. The win puts Brentwood in the Consolation quarterfinal today at 3:30 p.m. and drops Kennedy to the 13th place bracket.

Game 10: Monroe 79, El Camino 66--Monroe (7-5) was led by Robert Palofox with 18 points and 5 steals. Justin Saad Anthony had 30 but it wasn't enough as ECR (4-5) dropped into the 13th place bracket.

Game 11: Calabasas 71, Van Nuys 61--Justin Fenchel had 14 for Calabasas to pick up their first win of the season (1-12) and move Calabasas into the consolation quarterfinal.

Game 12: Grant 58, Lancaster 56--Grant was led by Anderson with 21 to move Grant (9-2) into the quarterfinal of the consolation bracket.

Game 13: Moorpark 82, Faith Academy 74-- Todd Tomlinson scored a school-record 45 points, including 30 in the second half as the Musketeers battled back from an eight-point deficit. Tomlinson, who scored 35 points in Moorpark's victory over Kennedy in the first round of the tournament, made 15 of 36 shots, including eight of 22 three-pointers. Matt Castagna had 32 points for Faith Academy. Darren Meisel had 15 points for the Vanguards. Moorpark plays San Francisco Riordan in a semifinal at 6:30 tonight.

Game 14: San Francisco Riordan 59, Quartz Hill 35--The Rebels were outscored, 24-5, in the fourth quarter of a quarterfinal setback. Frank Black had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Marquise Kately scored 23 points for the Crusaders. Tony Johnson had 10 points for Quartz Hill (8-4).

Game 15: Pleasant Grove (Utah) 75, Campbell Hall 66--A furious comeback by the Vikings fell short against Pleasant Grove in a quarterfinal game. The Vikings (10-4) trailed, 61-39, after three quarters before going on a 25-8 run to cut the deficit to 69-64 with 1:30 remaining. But Campbell Hall, ranked No. 6 in the region, could get no closer. Freshman Robert Locke had 22 points and six rebounds, and Hassan Bassiri scored 20 points for the Vikings. Jesse Foster, a 6-foot-8 center, added 15 points and ninerebounds for Campbell Hall.

Game 16: Chaminade 58, Canyon 47--The Eagles opened up a 30-9 halftime lead and never trailed in a quarterfinal victory. Scott Borchart had 15 points and 10 rebounds and Tito Hil had 15 points for the Eagles (6-4). The Eagles play Pleasant Grove in a semifinal at 8 tonight. Jeff Grucelski scored 13 points for Canyon (6-6).